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>   This release contains a variety of fixes from 7.3.7.
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>    A dump/restore is not required for those running 7.3.X.
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>Repair possible failure to update hint bits on disk</P
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>Under rare circumstances this oversight could lead to
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>Ensure that hashed outer join does not miss tuples</P
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>Very large left joins using a hash join plan could fail to output unmatched
left-side rows given just the right data distribution.</P
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>Disallow running pg_ctl as root</P
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>Avoid using temp files in /tmp in make_oidjoins_check</P
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>This has been reported as a security issue, though it's hardly worthy of
concern since there is no reason for non-developers to use this script anyway.</P
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